The Righteous Player(s)

Chapter 660 Great Curse: The Three Sirens
Putting the tableware on the table, Annan followed Grand Duke Ivan into the secret room of the Grand Duke's mansion.

This is not to avoid outsiders, but to avoid the Hands of Winter.

Even the Hand of Winter who owns the ring is at most only allowed to know that "the Grand Duke's three-color scepter itself is a great-level cursed object"-this is beneficial for them to help the Grand Duke protect this treasure.

But the deeper secrets... including the real name and effect of this cursed object, they are not allowed to know.

This is necessary to maintain dominance and tradition.

"And the other reason... is actually to protect them."

Grand Duke Ivan stared calmly at Annan: "Last year, I was actually not sure whether you could inherit the position of Grand Duke.

"Not because of anything else. It's because you've reversed the blood-bound power of the 'Heart of Winter' - which is indeed a must for you to use the Book of Cranes. But it may cause you to lose it This scepter... has at least half of its abilities that you cannot use."

"Heart of Winter" is indeed a cruel curse.

But it is also a protection.

Not for anything else—but to protect from being deluded by the curse of this great cursed creature.

Annan suddenly realized.

In an instant, many subtle and weird things that stayed in his cognition were connected into a line in his mind like lightning.

I see……

No wonder the old grandmother kept the curse rooted in her blood while watching her children wither away and suffer throughout their life on earth; no wonder the curse was lost as soon as they died.

No wonder the power brought by this curse is not so strong, as if it is just to prevent people from dying; no wonder Grand Duke Ivan has the highest level of talent of [Winter's Blood], but he still chooses not to become extraordinary By.

I'm afraid it's different from Annan and the three of them...

Ivan should have known the secret of the three-color scepter when he was very young.

Then Ivan kept silent, perhaps because...

"...The price of bearing this curse is terrifying?"

"Yes."

Ivan said slowly.

He took his hand away from the scepter.

"It's useless to talk too much."

He simply replied: "You can feel it yourself."

...You just let me try?

Then if something goes wrong with me, with your current body, can you kick me away from this scepter...

Annan cursed.

But he wisely said nothing.

Annan was only tentative—cautiously, imitating Ivan's movements and gently pressing his hand on the scepter.

Annan's muscles might twitch for fear that it might be electrified, or have a similar effect.Annan did not put his hand inside the ring to prevent "being sucked", but gently held the outside of the ring.

It's completely different from what I imagined.

The attributes of this cursed object did not even appear in front of his eyes.

And Annan didn't feel the slightest pain - on the contrary, he felt an extremely strong sense of comfort.

As if being touched by an invisible warm hand, an almost serene feeling of peace, joy and laziness came to my heart.Annan narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was about to fall asleep immediately, as if everything had come to an end, as if everything in the world didn't need to be cared about anymore...

"—Wake up, Annan."

Suddenly, Annan felt a gentle push coming from in front of him.

Annan didn't protest at all.

It wasn't until Ivan pushed him away from the scepter—as his hand left the scepter, Annan woke up instantly.

That drowsy feeling made his heart full of vigilance.

This even reminded him of the extremely soothing and slow-response fragrance that emanated from him when he first met the rotten man.

"……what is that?"

Annan asked vigilantly, "Is this the effect it possesses... or is it a curse?"

"All."

Ivan replied briefly: "This is one of the forms of this scepter.

"Turn it upside down and try it."

"...Upside down?"

"That's right. Put the cross and the ring at the end, and change the three branches to the top—that is, hold it upside down... Try it, can it be used that way?"

Ivan said solemnly: "If possible, I will tell you its name. If it still doesn't work, I can only pass it on to Dmitri.

"Even if he doesn't have the ability to reproduce...but that's a helpless way. Only in this way can the existence of this 'great thing' be hidden. But Dmitry is too simple and easy to be used by others. In that case, I I will find a way to make you empty him... and let you quickly have a child and adopt him as the heir."

"...Don't say so much, let me try it first."

When Annan heard the urging to get married, he was a little frightened.

He interrupted Ivan's statement, took a deep breath and looked at the scepter solemnly.

Then he slammed it up—suddenly picked it up, and used his last wit to turn the scepter upside down.

"……what?"

At that moment, Annan couldn't help but gasp slightly.

An extremely cold breath came out from the scepter and flowed through the whole body in the blink of an eye.

It was different from the warm current that was drowsy and peaceful before.This cold current washed away all the drowsiness Annan held in an instant.

But that did not make Annan feel the pain of the cold, but made him tremble, as if all the blood vessels in his body were connected, and his mind became extremely clear in an instant.

"...It seems that you are more suitable for the posture of [Tyrant]."

Ivan glanced into Annan's eyes and heaved a sigh of relief.

"tyrant?"

"One of its two forms."

Ivan explained: "The real name of this great thing is [Three Sirens]. It has two different forms, namely [Fun Lord] that makes people feel infinite joy, and [Tyrant] that makes people feel infinite rage. ..."

In fact, there is no need to say the latter.

The moment Annan heard the name [Three Sirens], a system panel finally appeared in front of his eyes:

【Three Sirens: Tyrant】

[Type: Supreme Proof (Orange)]

[Description: The proof of the authority of the elf king in the past, made with the lives of innocents, the souls of sinners, and the will of saints.Those who try to obtain this cursed power will only become faint kings or tyrants. 】

[Description: The reversed siren will turn you into a tyrant. 】

[Effect: The holder will suffer from the curse "Suspicious Heart", "Raging Soul", "Crazy Blood"]

[Suspicion: You will always be suspicious and jealous of others until you summon "Zhenyin"; but if you don't, then you will get three times the efficiency of learning, training, and growth (your experience acquisition and attribute growth The speed is increased to three times)]

[Soul of Rage: You will always fall into irresolvable rage until you summon "Clear Tune"; but if you don't, then all the damage you cause to others will be unconditionally tripled (when you hold the scepter, you All damage increased by 200%)]

[Blood of Madness: You will fall into madness from time to time, and random negative emotions will be extremized until you summon the "White Girl"; but if you don't, then you will be able to permanently control the will of the three extraordinary people Three times, it can only be used on extraordinary people; each time it is used, it can permanently rewrite the mind of an extraordinary person of the golden rank and below, but there is a one-third probability of turning it into a fallen person of the same class)]

"...Is this a great curse?"

Annan's mentality is a bit complicated.

Is it powerful?
Indeed, very powerful.Undeniably powerful.

But it seems that it's not so... irreplaceable?
Compared with the power attached to it, the curse it possesses is even more unbearable.If Ivan picked up the three sirens in the "tyrant" posture, he might immediately turn into a terrifying tyrant.

That is to say, Annan possesses the "Reversed Winter Harvest" to nullify its negative effects.

...By analogy, its "upright" posture should have a completely different effect.But Annan couldn't pick it up at all - the moment he touched the upright position, he almost immediately turned into a peaceful and happy fool.

"Actually, you can regard it as a [seal]."

Ivan said slowly: "You should also feel it. Its power and curse are based on the premise of 'not releasing the siren'. But in fact, it also has another usage, which is to release the 'three colors' of the scepter. One, summon a siren. But no one knows what will happen when the siren is summoned..."

"Has the Siren ever been summoned?"

Annan couldn't help asking.

He does know what a siren is - when he saw these three names, he guessed that this was indeed the "siren" he knew.

It's just that Annan doesn't know whether the sirens in this world are consistent with what he knows.

——After all, in this world, even Master Michelangelo has become a god.

"Actually, the siren was summoned once."

"When is it?"

"It was the year when the capital of Yasaland sank."

Ivan frowned, and said in a very serious voice:

"...Just in case, you'd better not be curious."

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